Linus Thörnblad

Linus Thörnblad (born 6 March 1985) is a Swedish former track and field athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He represented Sweden at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008 and finished fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He has a personal best of 2.38 metres set indoors.

Linus Thörnblad
Linus Thörnblad
Personal information
Full nameCarl Linus Thörnblad
NationalitySwedish
Born (1985-03-06) 6 March 1985
Lund, Skåne County
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Event(s)High jump
ClubMalmö AI
Coached byYannick Tregaro
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2.34 m
2.38 m (indoors)
Medal record
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place2006 Moscow High jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Birmingham High jump
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Tampere High jump
World Athletics Final
Gold medal – first place2006 StuttgartHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2007 StuttgartHigh jump

Biography

Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m. He decided to retire from competition in 2012 at the age of 27 due to trouble with injuries and clinical depression.[1] In August 2018, he briefly returned to the track and won the high jump competition at the Swedish Athletics Championships, after which he returned to retirement.

Achievements
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Sweden
2002 World Junior Championships Kingston, Jamaica 17th 2.15 m
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 4th 2.21 m
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 24th 2.20 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 20th 2.18 m
European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 10th 2.21 m
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, Russia 3rd 2.33 m
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 4th 2.34 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 1st 2.33 m
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, UK 2nd 2.32 m
European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 1st 2.24 m
World Championships Osaka, Japan 15th 2.16 m
World Athletics Final Stuttgart, Germany 3rd 2.27 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 26th 2.20 m
2009 European Indoor Championships Torino, Italy 20th 2.17 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 5th 2.23 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 2.29 m

References
  1. World and European indoor medallist Linus Thörnblad retires Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2012-04-08). Retrieved on 2012-04-22.
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